§ 6-14.02. Findings and declarations.

The City Council of the City of Simi Valley hereby finds and declares all of the following:

(a)

The HIV/AIDS crisis and the ongoing epidemic of sexually transmitted diseases, to which the making of adult films has contributed, have negatively affected public health and the quality of life of residents of Simi Valley.

(b)

Safer sex practices can prevent and reduce the spread of HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases.

(c)

Public health research has documented widespread transmission of sexually transmitted diseases by unprotected sexual activity such as occurs in the adult film industry in the metropolitan Los Angeles area.

(d)

The use of condoms and other biological barriers is the best and most effective way to stem the spread of sexually transmitted infections in the adult film industry.

(e)

Several organizations committed to protecting the public health have called for mandatory use of condoms in the production of adult films, including the American Medical Association, the American Public Health Association, the California Conference of Local AIDS Directors, the California STD Controllers Association, the National Coalition of STD Directors, the National Association of City and County Health Officials, the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, and the California Medical Association.

(f)

Producers of adult films are required by California Code of Regulations Title 8, Section 5193 to use barrier protection, including condoms, to protect employees during the production of adult films and it is the intent of the ordinance codified in this chapter to discourage violations of those standards without duplicating or contradicting them as permitted by such cases as Cohen v. Board of Supervisors (1985) 40 Cal.3d 227 and Bravo Vending v. City of Rancho Mirage (1993) 16 Cal.App.4 ^th 383.

(g)

Many producers of adult films in the metropolitan Los Angeles region have been found to consistently violate the worker safety provisions of California Code of Regulations Title 8, Section 5193.

(§ 2, Ord. No. 1190, eff. May 24, 2012)